Moving up
Rebecca O’Brien: Rebecca K. O’Brien was named a partner in the Tucson law firm Rusing Lopez & Lizardi PLLC.
O’Brien, who has served as an attorney with the firm since 2003, specializes in commercial, real estate, employment, insurance, bankruptcy and appellate litigation. Among her most notable cases is a $10 million bad-faith judgment against an insurance company.
O’Brien graduated cum laude from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law in 2002. She served as a judicial law clerk to Arizona Supreme Court Chief Justice Charles E. Jones.
O’Brien previously was a professional flutist, performing in the San Diego Chamber Orchestra and Tucson Chamber Orchestra.
She serves as president of the Tucson Federal Bar Association and pro bono counsel for the 9th Circuit Pro Bono Program, and is active in Legal Community Against Hunger and Amigos de las Americas, among other community work.
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